Job brief: Splunk Engineer

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Starbase, TX · Redmond, WA
• Posted: 2026-10-30

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What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Mid level. The posting asks for 2+ years of experience.

Must have

• As a highly visible and dynamic organization, we must value and guard against damage to our internal information, our physical hardware, and our reputation and brand.
• 2+ years of experience administering or implementing Splunk in a professional setting.
• Certifications such as Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, Splunk Enterprise Security Admin and Splunk Core Consultant.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.
• § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.

Conditions

• This role requires you to be onsite. Hybrid or remote work will not be considered.
• employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/…

Main duties

• Deploy, Admin and Support distributed Splunk environment at an enterprise scale.
• Standardize Splunk agent and enterprise deployment, configuration and management with automation.
• Help monitor and maintain the logging platform's performance, availability, and capacity.
• Write Complex SPLs to help Infosec and other IT organizations with their dashboards and alerts..
• Troubleshoot Splunk Instances and Splunk Universal Forwarder problems.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Washington: $153k a year (849 listings, 40 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across SpaceX's 2,896 open listings, 60% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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